Overview of the Decommissioning and Low-Level Waste Business Line January 18, 2018
Executive Director for Operations Victor McCree
NRC Panel will Address the Following Topics: • Licensing and Oversight Successes and Challenges • Current Uranium Recovery and Low-Level Waste Environment • Current Decommissioning Licensing Environment • Decommissioning Inspection Program 3
Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Marc Dapas, Director
Ensuring Safety Over a Broad Range of Activities • Preparing for increased number of reactors in decommissioning • Planning for Wyoming becoming an Agreement State • Enhancing the nation’s low-level waste program • Continuing international engagement • Working effectively with DOE regarding WIR activities • Implementing Commission direction on 10 CFR Part 61 rulemaking 5
Realizing Success Through Internal and External Interaction • Development of recommendations to address complex policy matters • Support of significant public and Congressional meetings • Enhancement of licensing process • Progress in licensing of new and expanded in-situ uranium recovery facilities 6
Addressing Challenging and Complex Issues • Developing recommendations for the Commission regarding GTCC waste • Ensuring equitable and transparent fees for all fee classes – Uranium Recovery • Ensuring adequate resources for future licensing 7
Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery, and Waste Programs John Tappert, Director
Supporting Several Priorities • Refining the national low-level waste framework • Continuing efforts to monitor certain DOE disposal actions • Preparing for Wyoming becoming an Agreement State 9
Enhancing Low-Level Waste Requirements and Guidance • Revise 10 CFR Part 61 • Develop a regulatory basis for GTCC • Align forms and guidance with revised 10 CFR Part 61 requirements • Evaluate waste classification tables 1 0
Achieving Results and Planning for the Future within the Low-Level Waste Program • Issued the National Report for the Joint Convention • Completed monitoring milestones under the NDAA • Issued a draft guidance document regarding the 10 CFR 20.2002 process • Plan to conduct a scoping study on regulatory oversight of very low-level waste • Will implement Commission direction on rulemaking plan to evaluate changes to 10 CFR 30.35 1 1
Ongoing Activities Within the Uranium Recovery Program • Licensing and oversight for 11 facilities • Making progress on five major licensing actions and issuance of new licenses • Forecasting future work in an uncertain market 1 2
Uranium Recovery Program Continues to Enhance Effectiveness and Efficiency • Independent assessment of uranium recovery licensing practices • More efficient completion of licensing and oversight functions through a focus on risk significant activities • Proactively managing the impact of Wyoming’s transition to an Agreement State 1 3
Engaging a Broad Range of Stakeholders • Extensively coordinating with EPA on two major rules – Basic regulatory framework for groundwater protection at in-situ recovery sites – Control of radon emissions under NESHAPs • Conducting Workshops • Knowledge transfer and international engagement 1 4
Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery, and Waste Programs Reactor Decommissioning Branch Bruce Watson, Chief
Supporting a Number of Priorities • Performing licensing actions and maintaining oversight of power reactor decommissioning sites • Conducting licensing and oversight activities for complex materials sites undergoing decommissioning • Providing oversight at sites with radium contamination (military and non-military) 1 6
Safe Decommissioning Leads to License Terminations 1 7
Ensuring Safe Reactor Decommissioning • Decommissioning Rulemaking • Power Reactor Inventory • License Transfers Crystal River • GE Vallecitos License Extension Vermont Yankee Kewaunee 1 8
Sharing Experience with International Partners • Taiwan • Republic of Korea • France • International Atomic Energy Agency 1 9
Continuing Progress Toward Decommissioning Legacy Sites • Secured funds during Westinghouse Bankruptcy • Issued Order to FMRI/Fansteel • Cooperated with the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality on American Nuclear Corporation 2 0
Effectively Coordinating with Federal and State Partners • Coordination with Federal Agencies and the Navajo Nation in implementing the five year plan • Coordination with DOE, EPA, and New York on West Valley • Coordination with EPA and New Mexico on Homestake 2 1
Supporting Stakeholder Engagement • Public Meetings • State and Local Government Meetings • Congressional Briefings 2 2
Making Substantial Progress in Radium Program Implementation • Risk Informed Approach • 33 initial sites assessed • 14 sites had residual Radium activity above background • 4 of the 14 sites exceeded access control levels 2 3
Continuing to Address Radium Program Implementation Challenges • Working with EPA to secure funding for site clean up • Coordinating with States to obtain cooperation from site owners that are reluctant to allow access for surveys • Continuing to effectively communicate with stakeholders 2 4
Region III Division of Nuclear Materials Safety Jack Giessner, Division Director
Ensuring Safety and Security During Power Reactor Decommissioning 2 6
Addressing All Phases of Decommissioning 2 7
Applying Operating Experience • Sharing operating experience between agency partners • Emphasizing the importance of safety culture 2 8
Assuring Safe Licensee Performance through Oversight 2 9
Providing Independent Assessment During All Phases of Material Decommissioning 2003 2015 Now 2012 3 0
NRC Oversight Assures Safe Performance by Licensees 3 1
Effectively Performing Non-Military Radium Inspections • Setting quantitative thresholds based on risk significance • Capturing Lessons-Learned 3 2
Non-Military Radium Inspections Great Team Effort 3 3
Strategic Workforce Planning: Addressing Future Opportunities in an Agile Manner • Training and qualification for future inspectors – Leverage completed Competency Modeling effort – Operating and decommissioning reactor inspectors – create efficient transition • Broader cross-training to the Nuclear Materials Business Line jobs 3 4
Executive Director for Operations Victor McCree
Overview of the Spent Fuel Storage and Transportation Business Line January 18, 2018
Opening Remarks Victor McCree Executive Director for Operations
NRC Panel will Address the Following Topics: • Licensing and oversight successes, challenges, and opportunities • Spent fuel storage and transportation environment • Technical challenges in licensing activities for spent fuel management • Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation Inspection Program Accomplishments and Challenges 3 8
Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Marc Dapas Director
Capably Addressing Current and Forecasted Workload • Spent Fuel Storage Licensing • Transportation Certification • Consolidated Interim Storage • Disposal and Reprocessing • Risk-informing Processes • ISFSI Oversight 4 0
Division of Spent Fuel Management Michael Layton, Director
Continued Effective Workload Management 4 2
Increasing Agility to Accommodate Potential Emergent Work • Enhancing and modifying internal processes – Internal tracking systems – Developing, clarifying, and consolidating guidance 4 3
Division of Spent Fuel Management Containment, Structural, and Thermal Branch Yoira K. Diaz-Sanabria, Chief
The Regulatory Framework is Robust • Comprehensive technical review processes have been developed • Appropriate treatment of cross- cutting issues is ensuring consistency in technical reviews • Licensing activities are proceeding effectively and efficiently 4 5
Demands on Storage and Transportation Result in Increasing Number of Design Changes 4 6
New Licensing Actions Present Challenging Technical Issues • Accommodating higher heat loads and different fuel types – Re-evaluating the technical basis for peak cladding temperature – Design margin is reduced – Uncertainties and conservatisms are increasingly important 4 7
Employing Improvements to Enhance Agility in Reviews • Guidance – NUREG-2152 (Best Practices Guidelines) • Use of the Graded Approach for confirmatory analyses • Thermal Research Initiatives – EPRI/DOE thermal modeling initiative 4 8
Other Ongoing Areas of Improvement • Consolidation of SRPs provides for technical consistency • Expectations for Change Process (10 CFR 72.48) • Management Oversight Enhanced • Leveraging Technical Assistance to the Regions 4 9
Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation Inspection Program Accomplishments and Challenges 5 0
Dry Cask Storage Systems 5 1
Oversight – Safety and Security Inspections 5 2
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